Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman

Yaman pledges job security for civil servants

by Editor March 14, 2023

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Amidst an alleged threat by Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to retire civil servants on level 15 and above if re-elected, the gubernatorial candidate of the state’s Peoples Democratic Party, Alh Shuaibu Abdullahi Yaman, has promised to ensure that the statutory tenure of civil servants in the state and local government services is guaranteed and protected to optimise their potentials and loyalty to the service.

The Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to the PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Kwara State, re-emphasized this in a press statement signed by himself and made available to Daily Links.

The statement recalled that despite the pledge of Governor AbdulRahman not to sack or victimise any civil servant, he not only sacked twelve permanent secretaries in 2020 and replaced them without considering seniority in the service, but has refused to pay their entitlements to date.

The statement added that “at the local government level, the governor appointed levels 14 and 08 officers as directors of personnel management and treasurers above their seniors which resulted in the untimely exit of experienced hands from the service due to unbearable frustration.

“Alh Shuaibu Yaman promised that, if elected as the next governor of the state, he will not only ensure that no civil servant is sacked or untimely retired but embarked on aggressive training and retraining of the civil servants to meet up with the current challenges of effective service delivery”, the statement added.

According to the gubernatorial hopeful, within the first 30 days in office, his administration shall not only pay the entitlements of the permanent secretaries and other civil servants that were untimely retired by Gov AbdulRahman but put machinery in place to pay outstanding arrears of salaries and benefits of workers.

Alh. Yaman also promised to re-absorb the sunset teachers and restore their lost service years with their full benefits to be at par with their colleagues.

“The civil servants will be allowed to play their statutory role as policy drivers. Our government shall conduct the local government election within the time stipulated by law.

“Our administration’s concern for civil servants shall extend to the pensioners. Concerted efforts shall be made not only to pay their pensions but also to bring them to par with the existing minimum wage. Everything shall be done to pay arrears of their gratuity within the shortest time possible, while we shall invest in and evolve a pre-retirement training program to ensure they live a meaningful life after their meritorious service to the state.

“To achieve these, we shall be truthful and plain in our dealings with the civil servants. We shall not deceive them. We shall not promise them what we can not achieve.

“A vote for me is a vote for a secured future of our state”, Yaman said.

March 14, 2023 0 comment 312 views

Yaman debunks political propaganda, calls on Gov AA to pay CAIS, CoE salaries

by Editor March 6, 2023

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The attention of the media office of the gubernatorial candidate of the Kwara State Peoples Democratic Candidate, Alh. Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi has been drawn to sustained and provocative media propaganda against Alh. Yaman.

According to a press release signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Kwara State, Abdulwahab Oba and made available to Daily Links, “at one point, the baseless and inflammatory media attack alleged that Alh Yaman was being flown to India for medical attention. When that contemptuous evocation did not resonate with the teaming people, the hired purveyors of fake news spewed another lie that Yaman agrees to step down as PDP candidate for another party’s standard bearer. That again fell flat.

“Now, it is another malicious, disdainful and unsubstantiated allegation of corruption against Alh. Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, a man whose main credentials going into the governorship race are unblemished track records of fiscal responsibility and strategic, administrative and leadership skills.

“A few days to the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections we expect more of those apprehensive and disdainful attacks on only the Peoples Democratic Party’s Candidate, which understandably are reflective of the reality that he remains the only credible alternative to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who is weighed down with unprecedented debt burden and unfilled promises of minimum wage, payment of salary arrears, the disparity in the salaries of SUBEB and TESCOM teachers and payments of outstanding pensions and gratuities of state pensioners”, the release stated.

Oba said that for clarity, Alh Shuaibu Yaman remains committed to bringing prosperity to Kwara through sustainable growth and the development of infrastructure. Alh Yaman or his company has never been accused, investigated or indicted by any government or security agencies. He has received awards of excellence from governments and individuals for every of his professional service. The records are there for all to verify.

“While Alh Yaman is ready to work with other parties and progressives to redirect the affairs of the state to the path of glory where every tendency will be equal stakeholder, he is surely the candidate to beat and he is not contemplating withdrawing for any party.

“We call on AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to account for N17.9 b he kept in a bank, N18.6b infrastructure support fund, N14.2b SUBEB counterpart fund and more than N110b allegedly generated by KWIRS under his watch, rather engage in profitable political propaganda.

“We call on the Governor to pay workers of Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin and the College of Arabic and Islamic Studies their January and February salaries rather than recklessly keep sharing the state’s meagre resources as political largesse”, Oba added.

March 6, 2023 0 comment 329 views

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Ajia threatens lawsuit against Kwara PDP Guber candidate’s aides, Wahab Oba, others over alleged blackmail

by Editor October 22, 2022

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A former governorship candidate on the ticket of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Dr. Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia has declared his intention to take legal action against some aides to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Kwara State, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi over their recent comments.

He said that his decision to drag the duo of Wahab Oba and Mustapha Abdullahi aka ‘CommonSense’ to court was a result of their malicious article deliberately concocted from the substance of the suit between him and their principal.

Ajia made this know on Saturday, while briefing newsmen at Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre Conference Hall, Ilorin, on his dispute with Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman which was turned into a political circus show by some unethical elements.

According to him, “I will also like to say to those on Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman’s payroll – people like Wahab Oba and Mustapha Abdullahi CommonSense – who ironically has no dint of sense – You all will be hearing from my lawyers very soon.

“Though I have a dispute with your principal, I will not descend into the gutter and will not resort to blackmail. I will pursue justice with ethics as my guiding principles. And since you both have violated this normative principle, the two of you along with your principal must be ready to face the consequences under the law”, Ajia said.

Speaking further, Ajia said that he woke up to a viral news story in faraway USA, sensationalized his dispute with Yaman and embellished it, which he found it very distasteful.

“My dispute with Yaman was turned into a political circus show by some unethical elements. And while the instant case started since the defendant’s days in the APC, the issue in dispute isn’t a political one and I detest attempts to turn it into one.

“Those behind the malicious article under reference deliberately concocted a scenario further from the substance of the suit between Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman and I and it became clear to me that these are people that are contemptuous of the truth and would do any and everything to fight their opponents including embracing deliberate falsehoods; I am not one of those.

“This episode has shown these fly by night – hack writers as people without scruples as they went to town with a patently false story. My dispute with Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman is anchored on the truth and cannot be tainted by the shenanigans of a few paid no scruples hack writers.

“In the same vein, I will not be distracted in my pursuit of justice and I am using this medium to warn these unscrupulous individuals and their paymasters to keep name off their mouths and sell their candidate or candidates without muddling the waters.

“I believe in ethics and my philosophical training and belief is anchored on the golden rule. I am using this press conference to warn those behind the article in question and their sponsors to find another trade and as the case goes through the court, it is important for everyone, traditional media, new media, and citizen journalists to report only the truth as observed in the court proceedings. Nothing else will suffice”, he added.

Ajia, a former governorship candidate in the 2019 election, had filled a lawsuit number KWSG/280/2022 at Ilorin High Court against Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi over an alleged unpaid debt of $2500.

October 22, 2022 0 comment 476 views